Road Closures for Pittsfield Halloween Parade

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The following roads will be closed for this year's Halloween Parade which will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.
 
The parade route will begin on Tyler Street at the corner of Tyler and Smith streets and end at Woodlawn Avenue.
 
The following roads will be closed beginning at 5 p.m.:
• Tyler Street from First to Pine streets.
• Smith Street from Tyler to Burbank streets.
• Burbank Street from First Street to Morningside School.
• Second Street from Orchard to Burbank streets.
 
The remainder of the route, Tyler Street from Pine Street to Woodlawn Avenue, will be closed at 6:30 p.m. The Woodlawn Avenue Bridge will be closed as well. There will be "no parking" on these streets after 5 p.m.
 
Residents who live along the parade route are asked to leave their front lights on to provide additional lighting for parade participants.
 
This year's parade is sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union. As reminder, Trick-or-Treat in Pittsfield is scheduled for 5:30 – 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31 citywide. 
 
Leave lights on if you are participating in Trick-or-Treat.
 
For more information contact Becky Manship, Recreation and Special Events Coordinator, at 499- 9371 or email parks@cityofpittsfield.org.

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Big Lots to Close Pittsfield Store

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two major chains are closing storefronts in the Berkshires in the coming year.
 
Big Lots announced on Thursday it would liquidate its assets after a purchase agreement with a competitor fell through. 
 
"We all have worked extremely hard and have taken every step to complete a going concern sale," Bruce Thorn, Big Lots' president and CEO, said in the announcement. "While we remain hopeful that we can close an alternative going concern transaction, in order to protect the value of the Big Lots estate, we have made the difficult decision to begin the GOB process."
 
The closeout retailer moved into the former Price Rite Marketplace on Dalton Avenue in 2021. The grocery had been in what was originally the Big N for 14 years before closing eight months after a million-dollar remodel. Big Lots had previously been in the Allendale Shopping Center.
 
Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September. It operated nearly 1,400 stores nationwide but began closing more than 300 by August with plans for another 250 by January. The Pittsfield location had not been amount the early closures. 
 
Its website puts the current list of stores at 960 with 17 in Massachusetts. Most are in the eastern part of the state with the closest in Pittsfield and Springfield. 
 
Advanced Auto Parts, with three locations in the Berkshires, is closing 500 stores and 200 independently owned locations by about June. 
 
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